# This is what gets you a warning these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 5, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635 "2023-05-05T20:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/81 "2023-05-07T20:07:45Z")
> [@damuriajashi](#): > > I think you are incorrect. The identity of the poster who got all the warnings, thread bans and suspension say I’m right. But hey, it’s your posting privileges on the line, you do you. I’m sure another round of “your moderation was biased” Calvinball is really going to make the mods see the light _this_ time… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/82 "2023-05-07T20:10:49Z")
By the way, since you’re so hung up on the rules, here’s a relatively new one you may have missed given your irregular visit frequency: > [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/1): > > **Troublesome posters. If we think you’re more trouble than you’re worth, and you seem unwilling or unable to change your ways, we reserve the right to revoke your posting privileges.** ---
**Author:** ![damuriajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/83 "2023-05-07T20:14:45Z")
No I don’t you are getting the whole picture. The threads are not always about me getting a warning. And in many cases the mods agree that I should not have gotten a warning. But if you look at threads where I appeal a warning and conclude that I am the only one getting warnings, then you are incorrect. The bigger reason I stopped posting threads on the racially discriminatory effect of trying to discriminate based on race was because they kept getting shut down because a handful of posters could effectively get a thread shut down by disrupting the thread. Now that is against the rules. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/84 "2023-05-07T20:17:45Z")
> [@damuriajashi](#): > > No I don’t you are getting the whole picture Other people’s warnings don’t signify. > [@damuriajashi](#): > > in many cases the mods agree that I should not have gotten a warning. Not the threads I looked at. Certainly not “many”. > [@damuriajashi](#): > > conclude that I am the only one getting warnings Didn’t say that. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/85 "2023-05-07T20:19:30Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Not the threads I looked at. To be fair, you’re only looking at the public warnings and not the private ones! ---
**Author:** ![damuriajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/86 "2023-05-07T20:24:21Z")
I think if you asked the mods, they would say I’m not hung up on rules. I think they would say that’s sort of been the problem. I personally think that the bigger problem is that my views are unpopular and have led to a bunch of thread closures due to what is in effect a heckler’s veto. This new rule seems to be a good mechanic to eliminate the heckler’s veto. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/87 "2023-05-07T20:44:41Z")
> [@damuriajashi](#): > > This new rule seems to be a good mechanic to eliminate the heckler’s veto. I don’t think that’s the intent, but it could potentially have that effect, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/88 "2023-05-07T20:45:21Z")
> [@damuriajashi](#): > > I have been nothing if not consistent. Like Metamucil. Dropping turds regular as clockwork. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![damuriajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/89 "2023-05-07T20:46:27Z")
You realizer most of those posts are not about warnings i received, right? I think 2 of those 6 threads are about warnings issue to me, one of those warnings were overturned an the other one garnered significant support (from people that disagreed with me on the substance of the underlying debate) that a warning should not have been issue. The rest were me bitching about how the moderation has facilitate the transformation of this site from “one of the smartest places on the internet” to a far left echo chamber. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/90 "2023-05-08T02:21:04Z")
> [@damuriajashi](#): > > The new rule as i understand it is that any and all posts on a thread have to be directly relevant to the OP. It cannot introduce controversial material that is not directly related to the OP even if it is tangetnailly referenced in the OP. > Is that about right? That’s close to right, but as always the devil’s in the details. Why is that such an issue for you? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/91 "2023-05-08T02:32:26Z")
> [@damuriajashi](#): > > The rest were me bitching about how the moderation has facilitate the transformation of this site from “one of the smartest places on the internet” to a far left echo chamber. Forget it, dude. You’re officially “not one of us”. Nothing you can say or do will change that. Anyone can post here but nowadays, the SDMB is only to be enjoyed by “us”. You’ve been given enough rope, won’t you finally please hang yourself, like a proper “them”? It would make things a lot cozier and safe-spacier for “us”. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/92 "2023-05-08T03:08:44Z")
> [@damuriajashi](#): > > a far left echo chamber. This is deeply, deeply silly, and also petulant beyond belief. If you’d like to see a far-left echo chamber, go look up Crimethinc. Calling this a far-left echo chamber is like calling a bumblebee a Patriot missile. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/93 "2023-05-08T03:14:16Z")
Apparently there are two groups: Right Thinking Americans, and the Far Left. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/94 "2023-05-08T03:22:30Z")
I think you dropped your cross. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/95 "2023-05-08T03:25:18Z")
_Right Thinking American’s, and the Far Left._ Fixed it for you. ---
**Author:** ![damuriajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/96 "2023-05-08T04:30:43Z")
It’s not. I like the new rule. This means I can have a debate about the discriminatory effects of racial preferences without someone someone turning it into a dumpster fire. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/97 "2023-05-08T04:39:15Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > _Right Thinking American’s, and the Far Left._ > > Fixed it for you. No, it’s _Right Thinking’s Americans’, and the Far’s Left._ > [@damuriajashi](#): > > This means I can have a debate about the discriminatory effects of racial preferences without someone someone turning it into a dumpster fire. You bring the lighter fluid, matches, and newspaper, and then complain about the flames? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![damuriajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/98 "2023-05-08T05:07:53Z")
I didn’t start the fire. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/99 "2023-05-08T09:36:05Z")
It was always burnin’ since the world’s been turnin’. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635/100 "2023-05-08T17:08:46Z")
@damuriajashi I just saw you self-edit in a P&E thread after a general mod note to stay on topic and just as one poster to another, well done. Regardless of political disagreements I might have with you, I commend you for that. I even got a warning not long ago for participating in a thread drift in P&E after never having a warning in well over a decade, so it’s easy to run afoul of the rules there even when you’re trying not to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-gets-you-a-warning-these-days/983635.md?page=6)